Example sentences of "that it is [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Poulantzas goes on to say that it is ignorance of these writers , and the provincialism of the French intellectual arena , ‘ which allows these most hackneyed of ideas to be presented as something new . ’
2 We have seen that it is communication with another person who is experiencing some kind of emotional trouble , or acting under stress in some way .
3 ( An example is the suggestion that It is I is the only correct form whereas , in fact , most educated speakers of English generally say It 's me . )
4 The fact that it is Chelmsford adds some spice to the game as local derbies are always more interesting . ’
5 Yet it is not absolute in the sense that it is principle apart from morality on which morality itself is founded or a blueprint for conduct which allows for no exceptions .
6 But , having it , it is a fact of grammar ( in Wittgenstein 's sense ) that it is afternoon at a place on the Earth when at that place the Sun is past the zenith but not yet over the horizon .
7 I can quite honestly say that it is ages since I have had an evening of such delight ; and the personal interest of reading a friend 's work had very little to do with it .
8 It is the projected activities , the group under E and F , which will concern us in this section , as we shall see that it is projection which protects the participants .
9 The evidence for these systems is generally personal and tends to reinforce our view that it is attitude of the teacher or parent which determines adherence to a given system rather than any objective verification .
10 There is survey evidence that , whatever people imagine ‘ racial prejudice ’ to be , they conceive that it is others , not themselves , who are prejudiced ( Airey , 1984 ) .
11 Throughout , our view has been that it is teachers who are closest to children , and together with parents they are responsible for deciding how to use the tools at hand .
12 Yet years on how come that it is Cecil who is regarded mostly as a flawed but well meaning sweety-pie and Miss Keays as someone who has all the charisma of an old battleaxe ?
13 The impression given by political commentators is that it is Mrs Thatcher who controls inner city expenditure — as she controls just about every item of government spending .
14 ( n contrast both to the genetically based view of literary history which tends to ignore questions of form , and to other formally-biased approaches which tend to ignore history , the Russian Formalist view is that it is history itself which allows the specificity of literature to be established .
15 The importance of this approach is to suggest that it is perceptions that are important and depending on how the management views the worker then a different style of management will develop and a different set of relationships between the management and the workforce will exist .
16 Revolutionary propaganda is aware that it is propaganda .
17 It is difficult to resist the conclusion that it is Parliament , not the law , which is in danger of looking more and more like an ass .
18 It may be said , then , that it is China who again , and at this point , determined the fortunes of Vietnam .
19 that are now on the project , make sure that it is tip top condition for the event .
20 If we go to any local government official and talk to him about local government finance and how the council tax might work , he will say that it is nonsense and a case of trying to muddle through and paper over the cracks simply to make the package a little more presentable for electoral purposes .
21 I believe that it is nonsense that we should give such asylum seekers any form of accommodation .
22 I am sure that all would agree that it is nonsense and that there must be a simpler way .
23 Although that has meant that not much can be done , in principle it is a good idea in that it forces underwater sites to compete with land sites for funding , and tends to keep the attention on the point that it is archaeology we are talking about .
24 The reader knows that it is Zuckerman 's statement too , that it is fiction , and is likely to remind himself that it could well belong to the infinite regress of the dualistic indeterminable , where claim and counter-claim alternate indefinitely .
25 The Minister is aware that the peak age of offenders is 15 and that it is boys of that age who commit the vast majority of street crimes and crimes involving intimidation or offensive weapons . ’
26 But there is ample evidence in the novel , in addition to the flawed mirror , to suggest that it is Irigaray 's version , not Lacan 's , that functions as Thru 's theoretical ‘ deep structure ’ .
27 Speaking to The Art Newspaper of his client as ‘ an important , refined , knowledgeable collector ’ , he says that it is Lloyd Webber 's intention to ‘ buy only world-class art already in Britain with the aim of keeping it here ’ .
28 You see , the point about a magnum is that it is metal psychology : it scares the shit out of the guy it is aimed at , it makes the guy who holds it feel really proud . ’
29 Thus for Smith it is not surprising that it is Britain ( the former dominant capitalist economy ) and the United States ( the leading post-war economy ) which have felt the need to maintain permanent arms economies .
30 MARKS & Spencer has been criticised by mothers who claim that it is Britain 's least parent-friendly stores group .
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